Bike idles crazy rough after carb cleaning

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cyrusyn
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Bike idles crazy rough after carb cleaning

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1995
32,000 miles.
All stock.

Hi everyone,
Someone knocked my bike down and since it has been running very rich. Wide open throttle kept sputtering the bike and there was no power to go beyond 60 mph. So I took the carb off and took it apart. I dipped it in a basket full of carb cleaning solution and blew with compressed air.
Now it idles crazy as in this youtube vid. Very unstable idling, no response to choke...

https://youtu.be/N9w3zbUhCtI

What am I doing wrong?
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Re: Bike idles crazy rough after carb cleaning

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Gottta clean them better,, as in tear them down and clean themm individually. cant just dunk them. May have ruined thhe diaphragms doing it the way you are talking about
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buzzawak
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Re: Bike idles crazy rough after carb cleaning

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What Rellrazor said.
I would also take the opportunity to flush out the fuel tank, check the fuel cock and replace the inline filter
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Re: Bike idles crazy rough after carb cleaning

Post by LuckyStriker86 »

Carb sync does wonders also
1996 FZR600
1989 FZR400 - FZR600 motor (660 conversion in progress)
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